If the root cause of your power failure is generally going to be a hurricane (I'm assuming here), isn't solar a possibly bad choice? You would have several days of no real sun.
Now, wind power may be the way to go here! :) You should do a OLPC box that runs off wind power and demonstrate it to us. -- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ Brad Bendily wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Volt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Car-Truck-Boat-w-Clips_W0QQitemZ270272903615QQihZ017QQcategoryZ79845QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Has anyone used one of those before? For $25 it's worth a try, i > wonder if it can charge faster than the battery would get used? > That unit is fairly cheap, seems like you can get a larger solar board > that could def charge faster than a few items would use. > > > The one above is 2watts, this one is 5watts: > http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Volt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Car-Truck-Boat-w-Clips_W0QQitemZ270272903615QQihZ017QQcategoryZ79845QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > it's only $50. > > here's a 15watt for $130. > http://cgi.ebay.com/Sunforce-15-Watt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Camper-RV_W0QQitemZ290259602725QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > a 60 watt for $375! > http://cgi.ebay.com/Sunforce-60-Watt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Camper-RV_W0QQitemZ290259803444QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > and a 12watt for about $100... > http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Watt-Solar-Panel-12v-RV-Car-Boat-Battery-Charger-12W_W0QQitemZ130253522399QQihZ003QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > So, i don't know much about calculating needed watts... how many watts > or amps would be needed to run a laptop and a cable modem? > Then we can figure out which charger we need... > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
